Global Order-to-Cash Lead — Process Excellence & Innovation

Sodexo; Matosinhos; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Life Insurance

Meal allowance

Extra vacation day

Volunteering day

Growth opportunities

Multicultural projects

Wellbeing activities

Job summary

Sodexo is hiring a Finance Specialist (Accounts Payable) in Porto. You will own billing and cash applications, optimise end-to-end O2C processes, and drive improvements across cross-functional finance teams in a multinational setting.

Join a shared services centre focused on financial excellence, ERP upgrades, and innovative automation, with opportunities for growth, travel, and working within a dynamic, multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of accounting experience.
• Experience transforming billing and cash application processes.
• Experience implementing cash application tools.
• Experience in ERP upgrades and roll-outs.
• Experience in GBS / Shared Services environments.
• Knowledge of SAP (ECC6 and S/4HANA) is a plus.
• Experience working with Finance HQ leaders in a large multinational.
• Experience improving process quality, review and compliance.
• Ability to apply continuous improvement concepts and tools.
• Strong customer orientation.
• Flexible, able to work in a changing, multicultural environment.
• Occasional travel.

Responsibilities

• Process ownership: manage and optimise billing and cash applications.
• E2E optimisation: ensure end-to-end process optimisation within the Order to Cash domain.
• Internal controls: identify, implement and monitor controls in the O2C domain.
• Continuous improvement: identify bottlenecks and implement improvements to enhance efficiency, working with internal teams and external consultants.
• Cross-functional collaboration: ensure alignment across systems and processes with other finance domains, countries and functions.
• Performance monitoring: develop and maintain KPIs, dashboards and reports to monitor process integrity and performance.
• Technology & innovation: stay current with emerging technologies and trends, and proactively evaluate and recommend innovative digital solutions and automation tools to enhance operational efficiency and drive performance improvements across the business.
• Project delivery: ensure all initiatives are delivered on time and within scope.
• Stakeholder management: communicate within and outside the O2C team, ensuring all parties are aligned with process changes.
• Compliance and control: ensure all process redesigns adhere to internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
• ERP programme participation: actively contribute to the ERP project, supporting the roll-out and ensuring operational efficiency improvements and long-term strategic alignment.

Skills

Billing transformation

Cash application

ERP upgrades

GBS / Shared Services

SAP (ECC6/S4HANA)

Multinational experience

Process improvement

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

SAP

Job description

Sodexo is hiring a Finance Specialist (Accounts Payable) in Porto. You will own billing and cash applications, optimise end-to-end O2C processes, and drive improvements across cross-functional finance teams in a multinational setting.

Join a shared services centre focused on financial excellence, ERP upgrades, and innovative automation, with opportunities for growth, travel, and working within a dynamic, multicultural environment.